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yārēʾ יָרֵא ‘to fear’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

yārēʾ v
1) to fear, revere, be afraid
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to fear, be afraid
  1a2) to stand in awe of, be awed
  1a3) to fear, reverence, honour, respect
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
  1b2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
  1b3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
 1c) (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
2) (TWOT) to shoot, pour

Mentioned in Genesis 26:24, 42:35, 43:23, 46:3, 20:8, 15:1, 26:7, 28:17, 43:18, 21:17, 35:17, 50:19, 50:21, 42:18, 3:10, 18:15, 31:31, 32:8, 19:30 Exodus 3:6, 15:11, 34:30, 14:10, 2:14, 14:13, 20:20, 1:17, 9:20, 1:21, 9:30, 14:31, 34:10 Codex Leviticus 19:3, 25:36, 25:17, 19:14, 19:32, 25:43, 19:30, 26:2 Numbers 14:9, 21:34, 12:8 Deuteronomy 1:21, 21:21, 10:17, 4:10, 31:13, 10:12, 2:4, 13:5, 20:1, 20:3, 8:15, 31:12, 14:23, 3:2, 31:6, 7:21, 1:29, 6:24, 10:21, 17:19, 1:19, 3:22, 6:2, 6:13, 7:18, 8:6, 10:20, 28:58, 5:5, 28:10, 5:29, 13:12, 19:20, 31:8, 17:13 Joshua 24:14, 10:2, 10:25, 22:25, 10:8, 8:1, 11:6, 4:24, 9:24, 4:14 Judges 6:27, 4:18, 13:6, 6:23, 6:10, 8:20 1 Samuel 23:17, 31:4, 4:7, 12:14, 12:20, 18:29, 14:26, 17:24, 23:3, 12:24, 21:13, 28:20, 4:20, 22:23, 28:13, 3:15, 7:7, 12:18, 15:24, 17:11, 28:5, 18:12 2 Samuel 9:7, 13:28, 3:11, 14:15, 11:24, 7:23, 1:14, 6:9, 12:18, 10:19 1 Kings 8:40, 1:50, 1:51, 18:12, 17:13, 8:43, 3:28 2 Kings 17:41, 19:6, 4:1, 17:28, 17:7, 17:35, 17:37, 17:38, 17:39, 10:4, 17:34, 25:24, 1:15, 6:16, 17:33, 17:36, 17:25, 17:32, 25:26 Isaiah 37:6, 51:12, 10:24, 7:4, 41:5, 35:4, 40:9, 41:10, 41:13, 41:14, 43:1, 43:5, 44:2, 51:7, 54:4, 18:2, 18:7, 54:14, 8:12, 57:11, 21:1, 59:19, 25:3, 64:2 Jeremiah 44:10, 3:8, 26:21, 32:39, 40:9, 41:18, 42:16, 51:46, 10:5, 10:7, 30:10, 46:27, 1:8, 42:11, 46:28, 5:24, 5:22, 17:8, 23:4 Ezekiel 2:6, 11:8, 3:9, 1:22 Hosea 10:3 Joel 2:21, 2:22, 3:4, 2:11 Amos 3:8 Jonah 1:5, 1:16, 1:10 Micah 7:17, 6:9 Habakkuk 1:7, 3:2 Zephaniah 2:11, 3:15, 3:7, 3:16 Haggai 2:5, 1:12 Zechariah 9:5, 8:13, 8:15 Malachi 1:14, 3:16, 3:5, 3:23, 2:5 Psalms 56:12, 64:10, 66:5, 118:6, 27:1, 65:9, 76:8, 66:3, 34:10, 55:20, 49:17, 112:1, 68:36, 89:8, 56:4, 40:4, 56:5, 65:6, 67:8, 96:4, 27:3, 145:6, 45:5, 86:11, 119:63, 33:8, 46:3, 47:3, 76:9, 76:13, 102:16, 106:22, 3:7, 112:8, 23:4, 112:7, 111:9, 119:120, 99:3, 72:5, 91:5, 139:14, 49:6, 52:8, 64:5, 130:4 Proverbs 3:7, 3:25, 24:21, 31:21 Job 11:15, 1:9, 5:22, 37:22, 32:6, 37:24, 9:35, 5:21, 6:21 Ruth 3:11 Lamentations 3:57 Ecclesiastes 12:5, 12:13, 9:2, 3:14, 5:6, 8:12 Daniel 10:19, 9:4, 10:12 Nehemiah 9:32, 6:19, 1:11, 4:8, 1:5, 7:2, 2:2, 6:14, 6:9, 6:13 1 Chronicles 10:4, 22:13, 17:21, 28:20, 13:12, 16:25 2 Chronicles 6:31, 20:15, 20:17, 32:7, 6:33, 32:18, 20:3

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